title: Surgery for primary intrapericardial tumors in adults.
abstract: Primary intrapericardial tumors in adults, whether benign or malignant are rare. Surgical treatment for these tumors are reviewed together with their incidence, classification, clinical features, and diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yozu
mesh_terms: D005350:Fibroma; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006391:Hemangioma; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008067:Lipoma; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008202:Lymphangioma; D008223:Lymphoma; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008654:Mesothelioma; D000086002:Mesothelioma, Malignant; D009442:Neurilemmoma; D010235:Paraganglioma; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery*; D012509:Sarcoma; D013724:Teratoma; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed